Her intellect said that. But her heart said no. And the voice of her intellect sank away like the frailest echo that ever raised its spectral imitation of a reality. And the voice of her heart rang out till it filled her world. And so the argument was over. She thought she heard a step below, and looked out of the window into the sunshine. Gaspare was there. It was his hour of repose, and he was smoking a cigarette.英文原著 · 《A Spirit in Prison》
He stopped, and looked fixedly at the sky above him. The bridge was deserted. His black figure rose up erect, motionless, and spectral, with the white still light falling solemnly all around it. Standing so for some minutes, his first movement was to drop his hand angrily on the parapet of the bridge. He then turned round slowly in the direction by which the two women had walked away.英文原著 · 《AFTER DARK》
Fabio turned again toward the table. The black eyes were still gleaming at him from behind the tawny yellow of the mask. He nodded to the girls who had just spoken, cast one farewell look at Nanina, and moved down the room to get round to the side of the table at which the Yellow Mask was standing. Step by step as he moved the bright eyes followed him. Steadily and more steadily their evil light seemed to shine through and through him, as he turned the corner of the table and approached the still, spectral figure.英文原著 · 《AFTER DARK》
Day breaks through the flying wrack, over the infinite heaving of the sea, over the low land made vast with desolation. It is a spectral dawn: a wan light, like the light of a dying sun.英文原著 · 《Chita-A Memory of Last Island》
Evening came; and the great dominant celestial tone deepened;--the circling horizon filled with ghostly tints,--spectral greens and grays, and pearl-lights and fish-colors ... Carmelo, as he crouched at the tiller, was singing, in a low, clear alto, some tristful little melody. Over the sea, behind them, lay, black-stretching, a long low arm of island-shore;--before them flamed the splendor of sun-death; they were sailing into a mighty glory,--into a vast and awful light of gold.英文原著 · 《Chita-A Memory of Last Island》
As for me, I of course stood aloof from Dthemetri's crusades, and did not even render him any active assistance when he was striving (as he almost always was, poor fellow) on my behalf; I was only the death's head and white sheet with which he scared the enemy. I think, however, that I played this spectral part exceedingly well, for I seldom appeared at all in any discussion, and whenever I did, I was sure to be white and calm.英文原著 · 《Eothen》
Suddenly, a spectral shape Rises from Koothrappali's bloody corpse, And says, "don't worry, buddies, Ghost Raj will help Guide you through the forest." "Well, I'm just a tree, but if I were you, I'd listen to your ghost friend!" Go on, give him your lunch money.美剧 · 《The Big Bang Theory》